Labor force: 10.67 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 14.5% industry: 36% services: 49.5% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:
3.6% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
8% (1998 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.2 (1997)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $30.57 billion
expenditures: $34.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $9.4
billion (2005 est.)

Public debt:
46.2% of GDP (2005 est.)